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02/22/2011

More videos! :-D If you've watched the Webathon Highlights (you HAVE watched it, right?), then you probably saw our interview with Bob Rhatigan, Vice President of Facial Aesthetics at Allergan, Inc. Here's the extended version.

02/17/2011

OWSP went to Buenos Aires in 2008 for the International Academy for the Prevention of Blindness meeting and met a super-cool guy named Esref Armagan, who has been blind all his life. That hasn't stopped him from being able to paint!

How does someone who has never seen paint a picture? Just watch!

02/09/2011

Inkling, an amazing digital textbook company, talks about making e-books accessible to users with vision impairments. Awesome platform - be sure to check out their demo video! (Thanks to John Gruber of Daring Fireball for sharing the link)

Inkling is the world's first end-to-end plaform for mobile learning content.

02/08/2011

So, we were filming the Schubert Bros. Band in the studio recording some music for our video highlights, and I decided to try my hand at singing. It's no "We Are The World", but hey, anything to help cure blindness, right? ;-)

Messing around at my first actual visit to a studio :-) I actually liked how I sounded for once! Thought I'd share. Things to watch for: 1) My movements seem rather awkward - I think cause I'm nervous :-\ 2) When I bump the microphone like an idiot in a moment of singing passion. FAIL :-D

01/31/2011

One of the many awesome performance by Outasight that we couldn't fit into our webcast highlights! If only I could sound like this live...!

01/25/2011

An fairly quick and easy article published two years ago on cataract surgery. Note they mention cataract surgery being the LEADING cause of world blindness. But we can help change that! :-)

Dr. David F. Chang on better vision with cataract surgery.

01/21/2011

Way to go guys! The more people that bring awareness to preventable blindness, the better!

DUBAI Visually-impaired athlete Henry Wanyoike and his long-time running partner Joseph Kibunja shall take to the emirates streets on Friday aiming to raise awareness of preventable blindness.

01/18/2011

Did you know one of the Black Eyed Peas is blind? Neither did I!

Black Eyed Pea Reveals Disability: Are Blind Musicians More Talented?

01/18/2011

Have you watched the highlights from our 2010 Webathon? We helped cure over 200 people of blindness!!

Part 1 of the Vanity for Vision Webathon. With doctors from around the country, One World Sight Project helped to cure over 100 people of blindness and improve eye care in Africa. This part features an interview with the lead singer of Outasight, the blind a ca****la singing group, as well as a pe

09/21/2010

This story has been making the rounds on the tech blogs lately - thought I'd share a link here. It's about how smartphones (in this case, the iPhone) can help the blind!